To the eye of failure success is an accident.
AMBROSE BIERCEA wedding is a ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable.
More Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
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Prescription: A physician’s guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.
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Distance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.
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ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.
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Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
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The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.
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The covers of this book are too far apart.
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Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
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Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
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The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
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Wine, madam, is God’s next best gift to man.
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Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
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Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
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Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
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REFLECTION,n: An Action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter.
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